Author: Bergmann, Benjamin.
Title: Nomadische Streifereien unter den Kalmuken in den Jahren 1802 und 1803.
Description: Riga, E.J.G. Hartmann,1804-1805. 4 vols. 351,352,302,355 pp. 12 folded copper-engraved plates. Richly gilt-tooled three-quarter leather. 8vo. - In very good condition, minimal shelfwear, small 19th century library-stamps on title-pages.* Extremely rare set, original edition of Benjamin Bergmann's (1772-1865) famous travel acount. He was one of the first to publish an account on the Kalmyks, the offspring of Mongolian tribes who would settle in the European part of Russia after the 17th century.

Keywords: Ethnography Asia Mongolia Europe Russia Etnografie Azië Mongolië Europa Rusland